Seeing Zhu Lin relax after hearing about buying grain, Han Bin chuckled and said,""May I ask how much a jin of grain Master Zhu sells to this county?”
The smile on Zhu Lin's face grew even wider when he heard this. He chuckled and said with his five fingers,""In this year of famine, the price of grain on the market has already risen to 181 cents per catty.
However, County Head Han personally came to my humble abode. If I were to sell it at this price, it would seem impolite. Therefore, the price of the grain that I sell to County Head Han is 1.5 cents per catty, which is three cents lower than the market price!”
The smile on Han Bin's face disappeared. His eyes narrowed, and the killing intent in his eyes could no longer be suppressed.
Before the flood, the price of rice was 50 cents per catty, and the price of rice was 10 cents to 10 cents per catty. The price was determined by the color of the rice and whether the rice grains were full.
However, after the flood, these people actually raised the price of grain to 1.5 to 1.8 cents per catty in order to make a huge profit. This was clearly a malicious increase in the price. No matter how bad the famine was, the price of grain could not be so high.
Han Bin looked at Zhu Lin with killing intent flashing in his eyes and said,""Zhu Lin, Old Master Zhu, I advise you to think about it carefully! Think carefully before you speak. If you say anything wrong, the guns of the county will not recognize you.”
As Han Bin's voice fell, the clone soldiers standing around the hall raised their guns. It was obvious what they meant.
Zhu Lin, who was originally smiling, was instantly stunned. Cold sweat trickled down his cheeks.
"County Head Han, what do you mean? This was the market price, and this commoner had already lowered it by three cents for the sake of County Head Han!”
Zhu Lin's words were a little clumsy and shaky. Only then did he remember that Han Bin had brought soldiers with him.
"Three cents?" Han Bin sneered. You should know the true price. Now, I'll give you another chance. Think about how much you should pay.
If it was wrong, there would be a few more corpses at the city gate tomorrow!”
"Coo!"
Zhu Lin swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and cold sweat rolled down from the corners of his eyes.
"County Head Han, I was wrong just now. The price of a catty of rice is 2.5 cents, not 1.5 cents!”
Zhu Lin was finally afraid. He did not dare to use maliciously raised prices to patronize Han Bin. Those black muzzles made him feel afraid!
Han Bin said coldly," You traitors! It's a year of famine, and the people are struggling to survive. Yet, you maliciously raised the price of grain by ten times!"”
Han Bin himself knew that it was normal for grain prices to rise during famine years. It was not only the common people's grain that was lacking, but the landlord's grain was also lacking.
However, no matter how much the grain price soared, it would not soar more than ten times. This was someone maliciously raising the market price to make a huge profit.
It was like a loaf of bread that cost 500,000 marks.
"How much food do you have?" Han Bin asked Zhu Lin in a deep voice.”
"Right now, I still have about ten million catties of grain. Most of the grain is from last year, and there is very little new grain this year.”
Zhu Lin didn't dare to hide it and immediately told him how much food he had left. He prayed in his heart that Han Bin would let him go.
"You keep half of it for yourself, and the rest of the food is mine! Bring the county to transport the grain immediately. Tomorrow, the county will get someone to settle the accounts and give you the money.
Also, come to the county government for a meeting tomorrow afternoon. If you dare not come, you know what the consequences are!”
After Han Bin finished speaking, he turned around and left. He had no intention of discussing with Zhu Lin at all. It was the greatest mercy that he could spare Zhu Lin's life.
Zhu Lin sat on the armchair in a daze. No one knew what he was thinking.
Han Cheng walked to Zhu Lin's side and said indifferently,""What are you waiting for? Take us to get the food. We'll transport a batch tonight and the rest tomorrow.”
Zhu Lin hurriedly got up and brought Han Cheng and the clone soldiers to retrieve the rations. As for Han Bin, he had already brought a company of soldiers back to the county town.
In the afternoon, Han Cheng bought a house in the city. This house was not big. It was a small courtyard with three doors. It was used as Han Bin's temporary residence.
According to Han Cheng, with Han Bin's status, he would have to build a seven-yard courtyard even in Lu 'an.
Han Bin returned to the courtyard and was served by the servants. He had a simple dinner and washed up before going to bed. Tomorrow was his first day in office, and it was also the beginning of his grand plan.
The next morning, which was September 24th, Han Bin went straight to the county government office after breakfast.
The county government was a little quiet today. Only the General Affairs Department and the Finance Department had more people. Most of the officials from the other departments had gone out of the city to work.
They wanted to drag things out, but the hundred administrative elites that Han Bin had sent to them seemed to be there to monitor them. If they were to drag things out, the new county head might start with them. Therefore, they changed their usual habit of procrastination and began to be swift and decisive.
Han Bin went to his office and called out the system.
"System, I now need to extract iron-smelting, steel-making, machine-building, mining, road-building equipment, and related cloned talents. When can you send it to me?"
Han Bin directly asked for the equipment. To him, it was necessary to carry out disaster relief and industrial development at the same time!
[The system has received the host's order. The system is preparing. It is estimated that in two hours, the system will send a fleet to transport the machinery and cloned human talents to the east gate of the county city. The host will find someone to unload the goods.]
He told the system to hide and picked up the phone on the table.""Get me the General Affairs Department and get Han Ling and Han Cheng to come to my office!”
Han Ling and Han Cheng were appointed by Han Bin as his secretaries yesterday to assist him. Among them, Han Cheng was his father's secretary back then. He was experienced in handling government affairs and meticulous in his work. Han Bin relied heavily on him.
As for Han Ling, he had gained a lot of knowledge from studying abroad with him a few years ago. However, his current business was mainly dealing with small matters such as running errands.
"Young Master, you called us!"
After Han Cheng entered, he stood in front of the table. Although they were Han Bin's secretaries, their status was special. They were servants of the Han residence, so they still addressed Han Bin as Young Master.
"Han Cheng, I need you to do something. Two hours later, a large batch of machines and equipment will be transported outside the city. Find a piece of land outside the city and buy it. This matter had to be done quickly and without delay!
Also, get someone to inform all the landowners around Lu 'an County to come to the county government to attend the meeting this afternoon. If they don't come, I'll send my guards to invite them over!”
With the arrival of these machines and equipment, there were also cloned talents. However, it was easy to settle them down. They would first settle in the city and then settle the clones in the factory after the factory was established.
"Young Master, don't worry. This old servant will do it immediately!”
After Han Cheng left, Han Bin stood up and said to Han Ling,""Let's go, follow me outside the city!"
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Today, the four city gates of Lu 'an County were crowded with people. Civil Affairs Section Chief Jia Shiquan, General Affairs Section Chief Zhou Wanqing, and the other government officials led their officials to the four city gates and set up recruitment points. The people who filled in the registration at the recruitment points were the cloned administrative elites.
In front of the recruitment point was a sea of disaster victims. For these disaster victims, their monthly salary of three dollars, food and accommodation, was simply a great thing.
Although a salary of three yuan was nothing in Jiangnan area, after all, the economy in Jiangnan area was developed. The average monthly salary was about six yuan, and these three yuan was only half.
But don't forget, the most important thing was food and accommodation. To them, these three dollars were completely in their hands.
Even if it wasn't a famine year, they would still be willing to work for the landlord's family. They would only earn a few bucks a month.
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